Hub-attaching device.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903. G; H. MARKBR. V HUB ATTACHING DEVICE.

.APPLIGATION4 FILED NOV.1B, 190%.

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Il is lille Patented June 2, 1.903.

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`Be4` it knew-:n that l. i, 1i. Ariana,

a. `citizen Vofthe lniied than s, and a resident of Spokane;Spokanecounty. State el' vfashingnnn "have inve'rwl eerlain new and nseil'illmpri venreni s inl inl Attaching Devices: rred umanner et carryingout the p, rdescriplion.terminatingwith so claims particularlyspecifying the novelty.

fi' oi' .a linlrarraehingdevice5 andthe ob- ),ect oi The saine is torenderihe nul' Aadjustable ai ihe poiiiltwvhere.it bears against theskein.

To this end the invention consists in the adjustable atachxnentof awasher to the nut 'and in the means employed for permittingl adjustmentof The washer and for locking it in its adjusted position, all asdescribed below and as shown in the drawings7 wherein-` Figure I is alongitudinal section through the metal portion of an axle-bearingembodyingthis invention. Fig. Il is a plan view of :z the nut and washerdetached and slightly. separated. Fig. Ill is an outer end elevation ofthe nut and washer, showing in dotted lines how the catch is raised.

In the drawings, 14 is the usual axle-onto.

whose outer end is screwed acap-nut Q-that is to say, a nut which closedat its'outer end to prevent the admission of dirt-and there made angularfor the reception of a wrench.

usual skein which surrounds the spindle oi' the axle and which lisdriven into the wooden portion ofthe hub in a well-known manner. boreagainst the outer end of the skein and when one or both of these facesbecame worn letters .Patent No. r

el `lj`orrlr in the iiollowing i'ull,`

his invention relatesto cap-nuts forming lleretofore the inner end ofthe nut rattling rcnilted unless a washer was inter-A ,959.. (no new g`i" is a jasher intericrly tl-rrwuled, al its outer end lo engage thethread il, while iis inner end is reduced, as atS, so` to bear againstthe outer end oiitheslcein, and may .have a flangell, projecting ashox-,t distance over and surrounding said Outer end of the skein. A iy;

ld is a spring-catch secured at one end, as b v a screw 1l, to theexterior of the washer, e'xending partially around the saine and havingits tip lf2 bent inward and normally projectedV inward throughaslot orop i 'l2-S inthe washer, whereby this tip may4 spring into one of thegrooves o to latch the washer to the nut afterv it has been adjustedbyscrewingit thereon. l K- As thus far described after the parts havebecome worn, as above explained, 'it only necessary to spring the tip`of thelateh outward and turn the washer upon thenut to to rengage oneof the grooves in the'nut.

Thile any suitable tool or means may bev employed for springingthe latchoutward, I l prefer the device herein shownfwfhich consists of a lever20, composed of a bent Wire pivoted 'at one end. at il in the inner endof the washer, its body passing then alon the latch near the tip of thelatter and lying normally in a groove 22 in the washer, and iis innerend 23 lying normally under the rear edge of `the latch, which may becut awayslightly, as at 24, to give space for this rear end or handle.The thumb-nail can be inserted beneath the handle and the latterraised,y as shown in dotted lines in Fig. Hlfwhen the body portion ofthislever will lift the tip of the latch out of the groove 6 in the nut.The parts are then adj usted,as above described, afterwhieh adjusted,

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' l ex'te'riorly threaded at `its inner end and proske'in, the Washerhaving a slot, and a springf pressed l'atch mounted on the washer andnor: xo-

- engage one of the grooves in the.,nut.-

' nut screwed onto the spindle, the nut being x5V -videdwitlrlongitudinal grooves through said an angular portion for a wrench,'and a circuinner e'ndfreduced to less diameterv than it's'f threadedportion, and a latch carried bythewasher and extending radially inwardthreads; otxa washerinteriorly threaded and skein, tllevi'vash'er yhaving a slot, a springwith longitudinal-grooves acrossits threads;

2. In a hub-attaehing device, tnecom binantion with the axle-spindle,thc skein', and the nut screwed onto the spindle, the nut being vided,with longitudinal grooves through said screwed onto the nut against theend of the niallyiprojecte'd `'inward through said slot to In a'hub-attachin g device, theco1nbinaV tion with Vthe axle-spindle, theskein,` and the exteriorly threaded atv its inner'eud and prof threads;of ,a washer interiorly threaded'and screwed onto the nut against theend of' the pressed latch mounted on the washer and normally projectedinward through said slot to engage one of the grooves in the nut andmeans for lifting the tip ot' the latch out of -said groove. 4. AThecombination with a cap-nut having lar portion exterorlythr'eaded'andprovided of a washer having itsjouter end interiorly threaded andscrewed around the nut, and itsv through its outer end to engage oneofsaid grooves, as and for the purpose set forth.

5; The combination with a nut having an angular portion for-a Wrench,and tl1readed `,v both interiorly and exteriorly and provided' 9 withlongitudinal grooves across its exterior threads; v f a washer havingits outer end interiorlyhi-eaded and lscrewed around the nut, alatclficarried; by the Washer and extending rad'ia yfimvardthroughitsouter end to enattached at one extremity to thewasher and` having at itsother extremity -a tlp projected normally inward through the washer toengage one of said grooves, and a lever consisting of a bent wirepivoted lat one extremity in the inner lend of the washer, its bodyextendving thencebeneath the latch, and its other extremity lying alongthe inner edge of the latch,A f"

substantially as described.`

In testimony whereof I have hereunto su A s cribedmy signature this the11th day of November, A. D. -1902..

-1 GEORGE H. MARKER."

NVitnesses'z BURTON J. ONsTINE, J oHN H. ROCHE, J. E'. ONs'rINE.

